Arlington, Washington (The Weekly Vice) -- Mark Evan Brown, a 37 year old Principal at Highland Christian School in Arlington, Washington has been arrested and charged with 3rd-degree rape of a 14 year old student.
According to police, Brown helped a 14-year-old female student run away from home, allegedly sending the teen hundreds of text messages in the process.
Police say Brown converted a seldom used room at the school into a bedroom for the girl, complete with hide-away bed and television. After the girl left her home, Brown allegedly made his move, supplying the girl with Bacardi Rum and then raping her.
Police say Brown was very direct in encouraging the girl to leave her home. Among the many messages exchanged between the two, Brown allegedly told the girl, "We just have to keep moving u around," and "Calm down, yur almost free...It will be ok. If something happens I'll be there early in the morning. Either way lets get u out."
Prosecutors say authorities first learned of the alleged behavior when the teen's parents reported their daughter missing. Detectives were able to track down the girl's whereabouts through her cell phone four days later.
Prosecutors now say Brown has violated a protection order, imposed by the court following Brown's arrest. Although the judge ordered Brown to not contact the girl, investigators say he has spoken to the girl three times, allegedly asking her to not talk about the sexual contact.
Brown's own ex-wife Casey has also come out with allegations of her own, stating that Brown began a sexual relationship with her when she was 14 years old - he was 26 years old at the time. She also stated that during their marriage collapsed after she allegedly discovered inappropriate text messages between him and a cheerleader at Concrete High School where he worked at the time.
"I knew that the kind of man I was living with was, in my words, a pedophile," she stated.
Brown was arraigned on Wednesday, where bond was set at $100,00.
Highland Christian School board members attended Wednesday's hearing to 'show support' for the embattled principal stating they they "stand behind him".
The Weekly Vice Opinion:
Guilty or innocent, I have a problem at this point with the school board, who seems to have taken sides with their comments.
This is a Christian school, where parents pay a high price to insure their kids get an education free from this kind of nonsense. Perhaps board members should remember that it's the same parents - who may have been betrayed greatly here - who pay the board members salaries.
It's not their place to add insult to injury by taking ANY kind of position on the matter other than assuring parents that they are redoubling their efforts to ensure their children are safe. That's their job, not making decisions about guilt or innocence. Not running down to a courthouse to express their own opinions.
For those parents who write out a check to these imprudent board members - I want you to be aware of something. Even a public school board knows well enough to let law enforcement deal with matters like this, so the school can get 100% of it's focus on the kids and nothing else. That's their job. That's what you pay them for. Are you getting your money's worth?
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8 comments:
The creep needs to spend the rest of his life behind bars. The school should be shuttered and closed. The school board members should be shamed and ostracized. Standing behind their man is a euphemism for supporting/condoning such behavior.
i can not believe the school would stnd behind this pedophile. this is outrageous. and danny vice youre right. public schools stand behind the child 100%. they even remove them from the staff... ergh this annoys me.
Absolutely not, which is why we are enrolling our kids in another school for this fall. I've had it with them. This was not the first issue I've had with them, but it certainly is the last
The school is right behind my house. We used to make fun of it because it was called Master's Touch, and now that's even funnier. Jesus.
Ahahaha.
Christians, look at your role-models.
Last time I checked people are innocent until proven guilty! There is so much in this case and the public doesn't have a clue about what really happened. The tabloid journalism with these accusations is horrendous!! There are many victims with these accusations Mark’s family and the poor girl who has obviously been through a lot (to make such allegations especially after going to him for help). I see now why people are hesitant to help others you never know what they will do to you in return. People need to remember tabloid journalism is not full of anything more than statements to sell papers little in this case zero regards to the people’s lives they are hurting!
As for KC the ex-wife she's just a bitter person who begged him for another chance and was devistated when she found out that he had moved on. So if he was such a horrible person why would she want him back? I stress it again....INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY PEOPLE ---Remember that!!
anonymous 8:51 - let me assure you of a few things, since you are obviously new here.
1. TWV is not tabloid journalism. The information in the report is taken from the arrest affidavit in the case. If you want disagree with the stated allegations, you'll have to take that up with local police - who have already conducted lengthy interviews with everyone who is DIRECTLY involved.
2. The opinion portion of the report is stated clearly as our opinion. You are also entitled to express YOUR opinion.
3. We love how folks like you come onto the blog, expressing in someway or another how much more you know about the case that no one else is privy to - as if your opinion is valid and theirs is not. I don't think you know a damn thing more than investigators do, and they aren't interested in how you FEEL about the man. They are interested in what he DID.
If you knew something that no one else knows, you should be directing this information directly to investigators in the case - not yapping on a blog.
If you have facts to bring, then bring them. Everything else is just opinion like everyone else has offered.
As they say... put up or shut up.
My name is Kristina Swiney; I am now 18yrs old and I can tell the truth. I lied about this man to get even for him suspending me from school twice. I'm sorry
Your retarded
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